Car plane



CAR PLANE Filed Aug. 5, 1940 ATTRNEY.

Patented Jan. 7, 1941 PATENT OFFICE CAR PLANE' Charles Harold Trombla, Lincoln'. Nebr., assignor of fifty per cent to Charles Lewis Lincoln, Nebr. f

Trombla,

y Application August 5, isiseri'al No. 351,528

6 Claims.

My invention relates to wind toys and more particularly to wind toys which are adapted for attachment to an automobile to project outwardly from the automobile window.

The primary object of my invention is the provision of a wind toy to project outwardly from the automobile window .and having a manually operable handle vwithin convenient reach of a child or other passenger in the automobile whereby some of the. movements of the toy are under the control of the operator.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a wind toy having a pluralityof dummy airplanes or the like having rotating and sliding movements on axes which are .shiftable to` a plurality of positions, both bodily and angularly.

Another ob-ject of my invention is the provision of-a wind toy including a dummy airplane rotatable and slidable on axes which is secured to a clamp adapted for attachment to the upper part of the open windshield of an automobile, the axis having movement relative to the clamp. Having in view these objects and others which will be pointed out in the following description, I will now refer to the drawing, in which Figure 1 is an elevational View of the entire assembly showing one form of clamp which may be employed.

Figure 2 is a view in elevation showing an optional connection between a dummy airplane and its axis, whereby the dummy airplane is entirely in the rear of its axis.

Figure 3 shows in elevation a connection between a dummy airplane and its axis whereby the dummy airplane is underneath its axis when the toy is at rest.

Figure 4 is a view in elevation showing a modied form of clamp for securing the toy to the upper edge of a window.

Figure 5 is a sectional view showing the clamp arrangement of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a view of a different clamp arrangement showing a modification which may be employed.

At Ill is sho-wn the main shaft which is slidingly and rotatably secured in a block II, the position of the shaft I0 being under the control of the operator through the handle I2. The free end portion o f the shaft I0 terminates in one or a plurality of bends, preferably right angularly, providing shafts I3a, |311, and I3c each adapted for slidably and rotatably supporting a dummy airplane Ma, Mb, and I4c. To absorb the shock of the sliding movements of the dummy airplanes (Cl. liii-53) each shaft I3a, I3b, and I3c is surrounded at its ends by a coil spring I 5.

In Figure 1 the shafts I3a, I3b-, and I3c pass through the bodies of the .dummy airplanes in more or lessl balanced relation. When the dum; my airplanes are made of very light material they may be secured to shafts I6 in the manner shown in Figure 2, the shaft I6 and the dummy airplane I 'I being .in-` spaced relation. In this case, a U- shaped'bracket kI8 projects from the nose of theim `.dummy airplane I1, the bracket I8 being slidably and rotatably secured between two buffers I5 on the shaft I6. Likewise, the dummy airplane unit may include a rod I9 projecting upwardly from the dummy airplane 20 and terminating in the 15 sleeve 2| surrounding the shaft 22.

The toy is designed for use by a child or other operator in an automobile. The handle I2 must be within convenient reach of the operator who is seated in the automobile. The assembly of 20 dummy airplanes must be outside the automobile to take advantage of all the air currents, both those caused by the wind and those which are set up by the moving vehicle. To provide the maximum flexibility in the operation of the toy, 25 the main shaft I0 must have the maximum of movement under the control of the operator. The shaft Ill is slidable in the block II which is pivotally secured at 23.to a post 24 which in turn is rotatably secured to a clamp 25, the post 24 30 projecting upwardly from the clamp 25 which is U-shaped to seat over the upper edge of the glass of a window of an automobile. When the clamp 25 is too insecure to hold the toy in the violently fluctuating air currents, the wedge 26 may be employed to seat within the open space of the automobile frame to hold the toy firmly in place. In Figure 4 I employ a very slight modification in which the main shaft I0 is slidably secured in the block II which has a universal joint coni nection with the yclamp 25 which is made of resilient material of suicient rigidity to hold the toy in place.

The operation of the toy will be obvious. With the toy in the position shown in Figure 1, the child or other operator grasps the handle I2 to impart the desired movement of position to the toy. The sliding movement of the main shaft I0 in the block II as well as the rocking movement in these elements enables the operator to cause the toy to assume almost every desired position. Added to these is the large number of angular positions which are possible because of the universal joint connection with the block II. All of these changes as above described are under the 55 tion and operation will be readily understood by` others skilled in the art to which it pertains, what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States7-isz 1. In combination, a main shaft and a second shaft in angular relation to each other, a Wind toy slidable and rotatable on saidsecondl shaft, buffers at the ends of said second shaft; a block, said main shaft being slidably secured to said block, a clamp for engaging the yupper edge portion of a glass Window of an automobile, and a universal joint connection between said block and said clamp.

2. In combination, a main shaft and a second shaft 'in angular relation to each other, a Wind toy slidable and rotatable `on said second shaft, buers at the ends of said second shaft, a block, said main shaft being slidably and rotatably secure'd to said block, a clamp vfor engaging the upper edge portion of a glass Window of an automobile, a universal joint connection between said block and said glass, and a handle at the free extremity of said main shaft for manipulation by an occupant of the automobile.

3. A Wind toy including a main shaft and a second shaft in angular relation, a dummy airplane slidably and rotatably secured to said secondshaft, a clamp for engaging the upper edge portion of the glass of an automobile' Windshield, anda block having a vertical pivotal connection with said clamp, said main shaft passing through said block whereby an occupant of an automobile may grasp the free end portion of said main shaft to project and retract said dummy airplane toward and away from the automobile Window.

4. In combination, a shaft having a handle at one extremity thereof, a block pivotally and slidably receiving said shaft, means for securing said shaft yand said block in the window of an automobile with said handle accessible to an Yoccupant of an automobile, said means including a universal joint, a second shaft project- 'ing angularly from the rst said shaft, and a dummy airplane slidably and rotatably secured to saidsecond shaft.

5. In combination, a shaft and a block for pivotally and slidably receiving said shaft, means includingaunivers'al joint for securing said block Vslidably. and rotatably supporting said dummy airplanearsaid .shafts being positioned in succession and-in parallel and spaced apart relation, buffersl at'the ends of said shafts for limiting and cushioning the sliding movements of said dummy airplanes, Ya manually operable shaft rigidly secured to one of the end shafts of said succession' of shafts, a clamp, a block, and a universal joint between said clamp and said block, said manually operable shaft being slidable and rotatable in said block, and a handle at the free rextremity of said manually operable shaft.

CHARLES HAROLD TROMBLA. 

